Chapter 1: Toward Civilization
Prehistory-3000 B.C.
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
Section 2: The Dawn of History
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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Summary:
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Scientists and __________ study the
past to see how early people ______
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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Human beings have always been
interested about learning about the
past
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We know the first people lived more than
______years ago in __________ times
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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Prehistory-
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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__________ peoples had no cities,
countries, or organized governments
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About __________year’s ago, some
people in different parts of the world
invented writing
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This event marked the beginning of human
_______________
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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________ is a science that helps us
learn about the past
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It is a study of how early people lived
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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Archaeologists are scientists that study
______
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___________ are things such as tools,
weapons, or __________, that early
people left behind
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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By studying artifacts, archaeologists
learn about the beliefs and actions of
our ____________
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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_________ Like archaeologists, they
study things that early people left
behind
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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However, __________pay more
attention to__________ artifacts such
as letters and diaries
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They use records to explain how events
happened
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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__________ is the study of earth and
its people
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Geography and history are linked
because geography shows how places
influence the way people __________
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
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Geographers
_______________________________
_______
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They also study the __________ of
goods and ideas
Section 1: Understanding Our Past
Archaeology
What is
it?
Who
does it?
History
Study of what
Study of Earth, people, &
happened and how resources
people lived in the
past
Archaeologist
What do Study of artifacts,
they
such as tools,
do?
weapons, clothing,
pottery
Why do
they do
it?
Geography
Study where people lived
and why they lived there
To learn how
events happened
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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Summary:
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Old Stone Age (____________) people
made __________ and learned skills to
survive
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The _____________(Neolithic) brought
__________ and settled communities
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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The earliest people lived during the
_______________
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This period is also called the
___________
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The Old Stone Age began more than
_____________ years ago
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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Paleolithic people were __________
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____________moved from place to
place, hunting and ___________ food
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They made simple tools and weapons from
stone, bone, or wood
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As time passed, they developed a _____________
language
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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Paleolithic people developed
___________ beliefs
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They thought the world was filled with
___________
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They also believed in life after death
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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Old Stone Age people buried tools
and weapons with their dead so that
they had what they needed in the
afterlife
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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Around ______________., people made
two very important discoveries
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1.) They learned to plant seeds to
__________food
2.) They learned to tame (______________)
animals
These discoveries allowed people to
__________________________________
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Section 2: The Dawn of History
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This change marked the beginning of
the New Stone Age, or the
_______________________
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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Historians call these discoveries the
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
because they changed the way people
lived
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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After the Neolithic
_________________Revolution,
there was more food to eat
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With more food the _______________
increased
Section 2: The Dawn of History
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People lived together in ___________
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These villages later led to the
development of advanced societies
called ______________
Section 2: The Dawn of History
Old Stone Age
(Paleolithic Age)
2,500,000 B.C.
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Section 2: The Dawn of History
New Stone Age
(Neolithic Age)
10,000 B.C.
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
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Summary:
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Civilizations share basic features
Contacts between civilizations brought
_____________ change
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
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By about 5,000 years ago, the first
_______________ began to develop
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Historians have found basic features
common to most early civilizations:
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Cities
Organized _______________
Social __________
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
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The most important feature of early
civilizations was the rise of _________
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The first cities developed as people
began to farm along
_________________in the Middle East,
Africa, and Asia
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
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These river valleys provided:
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Water
__________ (rich) soil
______________
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
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Farmers living in river valleys could
produce extra food
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More food helped the population to grow
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As a result villages slowly grew into cities
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
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All civilizations change as time passes
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Civilizations change when the
environment changes
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[For example, when all wood in a forest has
been cut, people must find new building
materials]
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Civilizations also change through
___________________
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______________is the sharing of ideas
and technology
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__________results from war, trade, and the
migration of people
Section 3: Beginnings of Civilization
Organized
Religion
Central
Government
Job
Specialization
System
of
writing
Social
Classes
What is a
civilization?
Roads,
bridges,
temples,
etc
Art &
Architecture
Cities